NHL: Detroit burns Calgary in first playoff matchup
{{date|April 12, 2007}}

''Red Wings lead series 1-0. (Best of Seven)''
{{MatchScore|Calgary Flames|1|4|Detroit Red Wings}}
{{Stanley Cup Playoffs 2007}}

Calgary never knew what hit them Thursday night, as the Detroit Red Wings, which came into the playoffs as the first seed in the West, cruised to victory. By 8:36 in the first period, the Red Wings had opened up a 2-0 lead on the Flames, with [[w:Valtteri Filppula|Valtteri Filppula]] and [[w:Nicklas Lidström|Nicklas Lidstrom]] scoring on Calgary netminder [[w:Miikka Kiprusoff|Miikka Kiprusoff]], who was bombarded by shots the entire game. [[w:Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] was spectacular in goal, as he has been so many times this season, stopping 19 of 20 shots faced. Calgary's only consolation came at 14:55 in the third, when [[w:Alex Tanguay|Alex Tanguay]] scored a power play goal.

Despite the Red Wings victory, the Flames will have a chance to tie up the series, which is just getting started, when they will do battle again against Detroit on Sunday. Opening face off is scheduled for 1:00 EDT.

== Scoring Summary ==
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!colspan="7" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: none;"|<center>Scoring Summary</center>
|- style="background: #e9e9e9"   
! No. !! Period !! Time !! Team !! Scorer (No.) !! Assists !! Score
|- 
|1 || 1st || 4:51 || DET || Valtteri Filppula (1) || Johan Franzen, Brett Lebda || 1-0
|-
|2 || 1st || 8:36 || DET || Nicklas Lidstrom (1) '''PP''' || Jiri Hudler, Robert Lang || 2-0
|-
|3 || 2nd || 6:56 || DET || Pavel Datsyuk (1) || Tomas Holmstrom, Mathieu Schneider || 3-0 
|-
|4 || 2nd || 9:57 || DET || Mathieu Schneider (1) || Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom || 4-0
|-
|5 || 3rd || 14:55 || CAL || Alex Tanguay (1) '''PP''' || Daymond Langkow, Kristian Huselius || 4-1
|}

== Goaltending ==
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!colspan="7" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: none;"|<center>Goaltending</center>
|- style="background: #e9e9e9"   
! Team !! Player !! Shots !! Saves !! Save Pct. !!
|- 
|DET || Dominik Hasek || 20 || 19 || .950
|-
|CAL|| Miikka Kiprusoff || 46 || 42 || .913 
|
|}

== Three Stars of the Game ==
* '''#1''' = [[w:Nicklas Lidstrom|Nicklas Lidstrom]], D, ''Detroit Red Wings'' - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
* '''#2''' = [[w:Pavel Datsyuk|Pavel Datsyuk]], C, ''Detroit Red Wings'' - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
* '''#3''' = [[w: Mathieu Schneider|Mathieu Schneider]], D, ''Detroit Red Wings'' - 1 Goal, 1 Assist

== External links ==
* [http://www.detroitredwings.com Official Website of the Detroit Red Wings]
* [http://www.calgaryflames.com Official Website of the Calgary Flames]
* [http://www.nhl.com National Hockey League Official Website]

== Sources ==
* [http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20062007/GS030151.HTM NHL Online ReportViewer - Game Summary]
* [http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20062007/ES030151.HTM NHL Online ReportViewer - Event Summary]
* [http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20062007/PL030151.HTM NHL Online ReportViewer Play-by-Play]
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/boxscore;_ylt=AswCxlQ.K2Gj4X17u6c89aM5nYcB?gid=2007041205 Yahoo! Sports Boxscore - Detroit Red Wings 4, Calgary Flames 1]

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Red Wings lead series 1-0. (Best of Seven)

Calgary never knew what hit them Thursday night, as the Detroit Red Wings, which came into the playoffs as the first seed in the West, cruised to victory. By 8:36 in the first period, the Red Wings had opened up a 2-0 lead on the Flames, with Valtteri Filppula and Nicklas Lidstrom scoring on Calgary netminder Miikka Kiprusoff, who was bombarded by shots the entire game. Dominik Hasek was spectacular in goal, as he has been so many times this season, stopping 19 of 20 shots faced. Calgary's only consolation came at 14:55 in the third, when Alex Tanguay scored a power play goal.

Despite the Red Wings victory, the Flames will have a chance to tie up the series, which is just getting started, when they will do battle again against Detroit on Sunday. Opening face off is scheduled for 1:00 EDT.
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